By Robert C. Christenson The new health care reform law includes a number of new taxes and fees which are rarely mentioned by the law’s supporters. On … Read more
Did Your Open Enrollment Results Match Your Health Care Strategy?
Now that open enrollment is over, it’s time to look at its results. Your results will be key in helping you shape your strategy for the coming year. Take a … Read more
Do Your Employees Know That Preventive Health Care is Free?
Researchers have known that members of high-deductible health plans, a rapidly growing type of coverage, seem to get less preventive care than people who … Read more
More and More Workers Covered by Employers’ Self-Insured Health Plans
The number of U.S. workers covered by self-insured health plans — in which their employer assumes the financial risk for health costs rather than paying … Read more
New Obamacare Wrinkle: A Way For Smokers to Avoid Paying a Penalty
The Obama administration on Tuesday effectively nullified a provision of the federal health law that would have allowed insurers in the small group market … Read more
Connecting With Workers About Health Care? Call Their Cell Phone
Our phones are fast becoming the ATM of health. That’s the upshot from the Pew Mobile Health 2012 report. Some 85 percent of American adults own a cell … Read more
Employer Health Care Costs Only Rise by 4%, Smallest Hike in 15 Years
Furnishing new evidence of slower growth in health costs, a new survey by consulting firm Mercer said Wednesday that employers spent 4.1 percent more on … Read more
High Deductible Health Plans: Low Premiums, Steep Risks for Employees
Alison Mitisek was at a Denver pediatrician’s office with her 15-month-old son last August when she passed out. The doctor’s office staff … Read more
More Employers Working to Help Employees Stop Smoking
Employers are highly attuned to the risks of tobacco use, particularly when it comes to the business and human toll. Tobacco use is, of course, associated … Read more
No Way Around It: President’s Win Cements Future of “ObamaCare”
President Barack Obama’s victory cements the Affordable Care Act, expanding coverage to millions but leaving weighty questions about how to pay for it and … Read more